The release of the full email comes as The New York Times reported on Saturday that Fox had decided to re-sign primetime star Bill O’Reilly in February despite knowing about a $32 million settlement paid to former legal analyst Lis Wiehl, who had accused him of sexual harassment.
{mosads}”After Roger Ailes was booted from Fox in July 2016 and she was promoting her book ‘Settle For More,’ Megyn Kelly talked about sexual harassment and Fox News, and what it was like for her. Bill O’Reilly, meanwhile, shot down negative stories about Fox and said no one had ever complained about him. Kelly, on the other hand, said she had in fact voiced concerns about O’Reilly to the two co-presidents of the network,” read a preview note on Today.com.
“Perhaps he didn’t realize the kind of message his criticism sends to young women across the country about how men continue to view the issues of speaking out about sexual harassment,” Kelly wrote on Nov. 15, 2016.
“Perhaps he didn’t realize his exact attitude of shaming women into shutting the hell up about harassment on grounds that it will disgrace the company is in part how Fox News got into the decade-long [Roger] Ailes mess to begin with,” she continued.
Kelly left Fox for NBC in January after 13 years with the network.
Wiehl, 56, appeared on a weekly segment on “The O’Reilly Factor” called “Is it Legal?” with former attorney and current host of “The Five” Kimberly Guilfoyle. She also co-hosted his radio show for a time.
Wiehl appeared on the network for 15 years starting in 2001, when the Harvard Law graduate joined as a legal analyst. The network parted ways with Wiehl in April.